I don’t know what the commercial value of our summer games against Barcelona, Leicester City and Inter Milan are, but those three games are sure to dwarf the earnings we make from domestic media and prize money for the whole of next season.
TV rights for English Premier League football from next season will average just above £7m per game, that’s for each of the 10 games on the weekly card – Sweet Georgia Brown! The actual value of these varies enormously: Watford v Bournemouth has practically no commercial value, all the real value is added by games between big clubs – even the likes of Newcastle, who are a poor team, but one which many colours of football fans still want to watch.
In a different environment, TV rights for Celtic games would be north of that £7m per game figure (the increased exposure would also geometrically improve commercial rights values). Think what we could do with that kind of money…….. more paper towels in the gents, maybe, the possibilities are limitless!
Our position is far from unique, there are a dozen or so European teams of similar size who have been marginalised from what was once a meritocratic game, so change must (always) remain on our agenda. But for now, we have to make what we can from our role as the Celtic Globetrotters.
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The Donald on 23rd March 2016 11:58 pm
Sorry , pal.
Busy being gainfully employed.
With you shortly.
Neganon
How ye?
Commenting would do what atm?
You know the formal law and due process behind the res12 request to our board.
There are other cases ongoing
HH
As i said earlier..its a bad day when demands for action against cheating in football, are ridiculed.
And thats what is happening on CQN.
Ive watched all day, as contrary views are disparaged by the usual suspects.
Its a campaign to stifle dissent, although a very poor one.
It wont succeed.
Ask questions of those in authority, always.
Especially those on the board who profess to be protecting Celtic.
Ask why Ian Bankier is on the board, what is his purpose?
Likewise Lord Livingston.
Its not that cryptic.
HH
The Scene is set.
It’s DC Thompson CQN circa 1969.
Maggie O’CQN (she’s a ride. No like her homely sister Phat Daphne (see what I did there?))
has her new American Boyfriend over for CQN Golf and drinks. His name is Lance Naeclu.
Maggie: So how do you like our world famous O’CQN internet bampots Lance?
Lance: It’s great Maggie! I am learning about how the O’CQN bampots originated.
Granpaw: Aye laddie we O’CQN’rs have aye been great at the bampotting. There’s nae greater bampots than us O’CQN’rs.
Hen+Joe O’CQN: Wink! Wink!
Granpaw: Aye! And the best Bampot of them awe wiz Big Black Bampot himself. Awa back in the days o’ Bonnie Prince Bampot. Aye he wiz a bonnie O’CQN’r.
Granpaw: One day Bonnie Prince Bampot and his bampotettes were suroonded by huns..ootnumbered 4 to wan! But Big Black Bampot wizny worried. No him!
Lance: Gosh!
Granpaw: He started daein his ain special Highland fling, hooching and burlin and typing.
Jings! those huns wiz mesmerized!
They couldnae take their eyes aff Big Black Bampot.
{He looks non focussed to the celing in his O’CQN single end
in Dundee overwhelmed and teary eyed by images of Rob Roy
Jockenstein’s 1967 claymore being weilded}
Granpaw: They couldna take their eyes aff Big Black Bampot and it was a piece of cake fur
wee Hughie O’CQN tae nip ahent them an club them with his musket fife and drum as
he wiz in the Green Brigades subdivision ken.
Lance: Ken?
Granpaw: Aye I know I get awe verklempt masel. Onywye Bonnie Prince Bampot wiz so pleased that he
got awe his journalists an made em write a history that wiz commensurate tae awe
and at the same time write oan a blog in memory of Big Black Bampot and they still dae tae this day!
Lance: Big Black bampot is dead?
Granpaw: Aye. Shyte story son but giez us awe the chance of a piss up.Here we go….
The O’CQN reel. Still spelt the same wye back in the bampot days.
Step we gayly through the orifi heel by heel and toe fur toe
Lance: Gosh! Wait till I tell the folks back home. You’re no Bulgarian communists at all.
Maw: Awe Granpaw’s a right fibber! What a rebel.
Scene 2
Later. After Maggie and Lance go for a…talk.
Paw: Ya auld lying turd!
Granpaw: 2 cigars bent shot. Piss off.
Horace: It wiz a lot of keech anyway. Says here that the CQN internet bampots began in Kerrydale sumthin.
Wean O’CQN: ya didna belive him did ya?
Hen+Joe O’CQN: Wink! Wink!
CQN by Sir Walter Scott
The dour, sour countenance of the immortal bard o Parkheed, squinted at the wurdz on the tartan page.
Aye…that wull do me fine and dandy.
” Just a wee deoch and doris, just a wee drop, thats aw
Just a wee deoch an doris, afore ye gang awa
There’s a wee wifie waitin, in a wee but an ben
If you can say ‘Its a braw bricht moonlight nicht, then yer a richt, ye ken”
Magic, sheer magic he sighed.
They are too daft tae notice the difference
Wha’s like us.
HH
The Green Man
I dont think your being ridiculed Mate
I do think law has to be followed thro
Its a formal request in law.the res
Its adjourned.
On another note, like Neganon I know your not a board lover, but it interests me that their actions define how you interact with Celtic (your choice btw)
There is a clash there
Am no gettin at you but nae board will ever define what Celtic means to me.
Its way above that
You do
Neg does
Every Celt I meet augments what Celtic means
Us mate.
We agree, we argue, we are champions
We have been going on and doing so dynamically since 1888
Uniform opinion and no dissent ends in 9min cva meeting,
Keep cheery mate hope your good ;-)
HH
An Tearmann
How it going, hope you are well.
Just getting a bit fed up with the bs on here.
Id rather stand up for what i believe, than bend over and take it.
Id rather fight to the end, than sell my soul for money.
Principle is important…we lose sight of what is right, and we are lost.
2016 is perfect for a scrap.
I will fight to the last.
HH
Maggie
Are you Horace? ;-)
Are ye no even gonnae lurk after 1/4?
Ah’ll miss ye
HH
THE DONALD on 23RD MARCH 2016 11:58 PM
Reciprocal rights ?
Bloody marvellous.
When U.K. joined the E.C. it was at the expense of our kinship relationship with the aforementioned countries. New markets for them and for us.
As the possibility of Brexit approaches , I was hoping that if that were to occur , then a closer relationship would develop , particularly with Australia.
Obviously , others feel the same.
A closer bond between the English speaking peoples .
Why not.
MACJAY
I remember certain people telling me when i was younger and wilder, that i wasnt Scottish because i was a Catholic, and i wasnt Irish either because i wasnt born there.
Its a wonder they allowed me to breathe.
Can i just be an Aussie then….seeing they have disowned me here:)
Glasgow can be confusing:)
HH
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/ruins-legendary-medieval-castle-uncovered-scotland-005581?nopaging=1
MacJay….Medieval Castle….In Partick.
HH
Mcjay
Just like the board its all about money
I think the UK are 9th trading partners for Australia and in absolute trading terms probably negligible for Australia’s economy. Reciprocating to the E.C. scenario Brexit is a stupid move especially for Scotland IMHO.
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 24th March 2016 2:03 am
Yeah.
Being a fenian in Glasgow could be challenging particularly for someone who didn`t realise he was one.
The green jacket was a dead giveaway. :-)
Australia is a great place, mate.
All inclusive.
Come to the bower anytime you fancy.
Don`t know about the ” hosannas to greet you” , however.
T.G.M
The bower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5_jwdOHm8w
MacJay
Id be happy with the sunshine, wouldnt need much more.
Plenty of history to discover in Australia.
Seriously thinking of leaving the only place in the world, where we cant celebrate St Patrick, or James Connolly.
Gold Coast for starters:)
HH
MARGARET MCGILL on 24TH MARCH 2016 2:10 AM
Mcjay
Mate.
Brexit for me is about safety.
The enemy within the stockade.The 9/11 guys virtually all had valid visas.
I am seriously fearful about the mass migration that is currently underway.
Not the genuine refugees , of course.
For me , domestic party political differences pale into insignificance compared with this phenomenon.
As do matters of the economy.
The gathering storm is an exaggeration.
I hope.
Apparently Police Scotland dont like people commemorating 1916.
Probably be bringing in legislation soon to prevent it.
Orange Order is fine though.
Nice to feel welcome in your own city eh.
No wonder i was very quick to throw a punch and put the heid(Glesga patois at its finest) on the bigoted morons at every opportunity:)
They made me tough, and i thank them for it:)
HH
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 24th March 2016 2:09 am
Absolutely fascinating.
We stayed in Partick during our recent visit to Glasgow .
Dumbarton Rd. (and the `64 bus ) was the route from Scotstoun to Celtic Park.
Many a time and oft.
Macjay
Connections to Govan, and the shrine of St Constantine, friend of Kentigern.
Fascinating indeed.
My Brother stays in Partick…I stayed in Scotstoun for a while….cant say i liked it, too far from Maryhill:)
Ive got something else for you.
http://omniumsanctorumhiberniae.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/saint-mura-of-fahan-march-12.html
Macjay.
Check the Celtic Saints.
St Mura of Buncrana…where our bhoys originated.
HH
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 24th March 2016 2:19 am
Go for it.
Seriously.
This is a fine and decent multi cultural country.
Lots of affection for the Irish here and, if you scratch the surface , for the Brits too.Not much Pommy bashing these days.
My immediate relatives from Latin America can`t believe how good it is to live here. My brother in law emigrated from U.S. to Chile , but would have much preferred to come here. At his age sadly, a bit tricky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B47d_c-ZOs&list=PLLX_u7jaZgoc4GZP11Ccrg8hJW8HvTvNy
Macjay.
I will leave you with this.
Lambhill and the Templars.
Now…this is fascinating.
Hail Hail.
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 24th March 2016 2:50 am
My father used to describe Glasgow Cathedral thus………………
Built for the Mass.
Makes you think.
Macjay
Acre Rd…Knightswood.
Mystical origins.
Strange but true.
Keep watching.
HH
Happy Birthday to our resident DJ/photo poster and my big brother Roy Croppie and his beautiful daughter Lucy who shares the same birthday.
See you soon ;)
HH
On CQN today, 24 March 2016, the lunatics, squirrel-pointers, board-haters, boycott-devotees, sooth-sayers, finally took over the asylum…but ONLY for today.
With the blog almost to themselves, it would be an insult to intelligence to join in; they egg each other on, back-slapping and triggering more fanciful predictions and scare-stories and revelling in things that really don’t concern Celtic FC – they doubt the credentials of those who dare disagree with them, the vast majority I hasten to add.
Those who provide hard evidence and NOT circumstantial tales padded-out with dreamed-up solutions to all and every potential problem, are deemed to be ‘huns’, or such like and are ‘shouted down’ by this scurry.
Exactly in the same manner as the SNP filled some peoples’ heads with tripe in the ‘thick’ White Paper and cast aspersions on the Scottishness of the majority of right-minded people in Scotland, who fortunately did not believe their lies and defeated them and their separation nonsense.
Celtic will do the same and silence the doubters and mischief-makers in their own time.
And finally, on the day ‘pencilled in’ by the Dear Leader Salmond as independence day, we know from their own figures, that Scotland would be heading for de facto bankruptcy.
Even today with all the new powers at her disposal, his successor Dear and Nippy-Shouty Leader and her cabal, can still not come up with any semblance of a policy and/or proposal to alleviate Tory austerity and help the poorer among us.
The SNP started off their reign in Holyrood in coalition with the Conservatives – now they ‘go it alone’ and confirm their long-held title…TARTAN TORIES. – they always were then, are now, and forever will be a selfish, self-centred, one-issue bunch of impostors.
Many happy returns to Roy Croppie, one of the best on here and a genuinely lovely Bhoy in the real world.
I hope you and L have a great day mate.
Happy non-independence day everyone!
I’ll be at the bar, waiting for grateful Yes voters to buy me a drink in gratitude that me and 2 million others saved every family in this country from ruin.
Yip Goood Morning CQN
And a special day so very Hoooopy Birthday to Roy C and his daughter this Holy Thursday
Hail Hail
Happy Birthday To Roy Croppie, one of the best on here.
Lang may your lum reek!
Many happy returns Roy C, hope you and your daughter have a magic day, special day 24th March my wee maw would have been 89 !
Your are in great company Roy
Well done to Clogher/Almore/WITS great work in the lead up to this weekend hope all going have a great time
Hail Hail
Safe trip to all Tims heading for Dublin this weekend.
Good morning friends from a rather wet, grey cloudy and dreary looking East Kilbride.
Just realised I’ve copied HT’s wording in wishing Roy Croppie happy birthday!
He must be a REALLY good teacher, his words go straight in!
I’m telling yeah man the SFA are corrupt & have been for over 100 years they have an agenda against my club.
Yer paranoid man sit at the back of the bus and shut it.
Farry, Regan, Dougie Dougie, Dallas they ur pure corrupt man I’m telling yeah.
They offered Rangers a UEFA licence when they owed tax authorities & Rangers received millions from the SPL and UEFA and there is clear evidence to take this to UEFA.
The Celtic board have this evidence man I’m telling yeah. Wit ? they urnae going to act ? Wtf you serious man ? I man I’m serious ? Why naw this is what we have wanted for over 100 yrs ?
Ach don’t worry lets just sit at the back of ra bus and have a wee sing song there’s a game against ra mighty bears yesssss the OF is back Ching Ching.
Honest mistakes ? Ach don’t worry man lets just moan for another 100yrs about the SFA being corrupt man ok man I Nae problem man.
Anyone know what Paul 67’s thoughts are on why the Club are asking shareholders to do their dirty work & write to UEFA ?
HEN1RIK,
Dinnae you be going an asking awkward questions man!
hen1rik,
Don’t worry about the club asking shareholders anything, the only time you hear from them is via e-mail just before the AGM, and even then it’s to rubber stamp their agenda. No pertinent questions from the children, the adults know best and behave yourself there at the back, yes you with the green and white scarf, what is that you’re wearing anyway.